Here is a new free online course offered by the HP Learning Center.
The
“Beginning Web Animation with Macromedia Flash MX” course is now available for enrollment.
Macromedia Flash is the de facto standard application for authoring rich media content on the World Wide Web. This free instructor led course will teach you how to use Flash MX, Macromedia’s latest and most advanced version of the software. The instructor for this course is Karin Rex. It covers the basics for new users and sets you on the right track to creating rich media Web sites of your own. You can enroll now until the end of the class, which is March 3, 2006. The class starts on Jan. 19, 2006.
Beginning Web Animation with Flash MX Free Course with Instructor:
h30187.www3.hp.com/courses/overview.jsp?courseId=3012
What you’ll learn:
* Know the pros and cons of using Flash
* Create your own Flash movies
* Use basic ActionScript for interactivity
* Make Flash content accessible
* Find out where to learn about more advanced Flash authoring
Beginning Web Animation with Flash MX Course Lessons:
Lesson 1: What is Flash?
This lesson discusses the basics of Flash and contains all the information you need to begin using Flash. We briefly mention the core concepts of Web development, and then discuss the pros and cons of using Flash content. You’ll also see some example uses of Flash movies on the Internet.
Lesson 2: Learn the Flash interface
This lesson teaches you the basics of the Flash authoring tool. You set up your movie properties, learn the functions of the tools palette, and draw graphics for use in the example movie Face Facts. You learn how to use the timeline, layers, and other panels that you’ll often find indispensable.
Lesson 3: Animate the face
In this lesson, you learn the terms and methods used in the Flash animation process. You then apply what you’ve learned to the Face Facts project and animate the face you drew in Lesson 2.
Lesson 4: Add ActionScript to your movie
In this lesson, you transform Face Facts from animation into interactive media by adding user control via buttons and ActionScript. You learn to import images into Flash and to add text with the Text tool.
Lesson 5: Publish for everyone
The Web is a medium for making information available to everyone, so you need to ensure that your content is accessible even to people with disabilities. This lesson gives reasons why accessible content publishing is the right thing to do and shows you how to make your Flash movie more accessible and usable to everyone. Then you’ll finally get to publish your movie.
Lesson 6: Keep learning
This course teaches you the basics of Flash publishing, but Flash has much, much more to offer. This lesson discusses what you’ve learned and where to go to find more information.
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